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Trussed as she was, Lucy couldn’t keep herself from pitching to and fro as the car started rolling. Her stomach lurched.
Oh yeah,
she thought,
that’s just what I need right now
. A geyser of ice cream, popcorn, and bourbon, with only her nostrils for an exit.

She forced herself to take slow, deep breaths, forced her mind to function. Why would anyone want to kidnap her? Correction: Why would
two
anyones want to kidnap her, these trick-or-treat maniacs and whoever hired those two whiny chuckleheads who came late to the party?

When had it become open season on Lucy Narby?

She had to keep her head, no matter what happened. It was her only chance.

Don’t panic,
Lucy commanded herself, right before something small and furry crawled up her pajama leg.

Pamela Burford is the award-winning author of fourteen romantic suspense and contemporary romance novels. She has received four RITA and
Romantic Times
Reviewers Choice Award nominations and is a frequent speaker at writers’ conferences and workshops. Her books have received outstanding reviews and been translated into more than a dozen languages. She is the founder and past president of Long Island Romance Writers, a chapter of Romance Writers of America. Her sister Patricia Ryan, a.k.a. the Good Twin, is also a published novelist. Pamela invites you to visit her web site at http//:www.pamelaburford.com.